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Limerick signal future purpose

On two occasions before a ball was pucked in any sort of anger, the public address announcer deemed it necessary to inform patrons…

Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00

Boys fly off to Brazil

Two Irishmen have had their SOS messages answered for this week's first European Tour event to take place in Brazil

Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00

No record safe from Woods

Nobody's running scared, not just yet, but Tiger Woods' dominance of the professional game is a little frightening all the same…

Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00

Kerrymen the better finishers

The sporting gods don't always dispense justice fairly. So it was in Kilmallock yesterday

Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00

Team spirit the key at Na Fianna

Little insights tell what lies in the heart of a club

Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00

Support for FDC proposals growing

Slowly, but surely, it appears that the Football Development Committee's mission to spread the word about the proposed restructuring…

Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00

Vroom-vroom in heat of the night

A curious sort of nocturnal creature has evolved in recent years and, personally, I lay the blame for it on Eddie Jordan

Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00

McCormack points to victory

There's something mystical about Meath football, a conundrum that outsiders just can't fathom

Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00

McGinley sets his sights on Europeans

Paul McGinley has probably stood in the shadows cast by his contemporaries - principally Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington…

Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00

Lawrie to team up with Dubliner

British Open champion Paul Lawrie, who last week controversially sacked the caddie who helped him to Carnoustie success, has …

Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00

Coceres holds his nerve

Part of the rich folklore that surrounds a certain Jose Eusebio Coceres, aside from the one which asserts he carved his first…

Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00

Irish pair remain in contention

Something had to happen to disturb the sort of balmy calm that you're inclined to believe can only be found in paradise

Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00

Lawrie: axing of Byrne mishandled

British Open winner Paul Lawrie yesterday admitted he had mishandled the "sacking" of his Irish caddie Paddy Byrne, which occurred…

Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00

Darren Clarke

Darren Clarke couldn't suppress a smile as he stepped off the first tee at the Dubai Creek course yesterday, realising immediately…

Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00

Harrington gets in

Padraig Harrington, who has opted to spend a few days working with his coach Bob Torrance in Scotland rather than play in this…

Thu Mar 02 2000 - 00:00

Clarke resumes and aims to `improve'

Life goes on, even for golf's newest million dollar winner

Thu Mar 02 2000 - 00:00

Women's squad to train in sun

In a positive development aimed at ending a barren spell in international team golf, the Irish Ladies' Golf Union has announced…

Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00

Monty hopes to get going in Dubai

A few years ago, at Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps, in the run-up to the Ryder Cup at Valderrama, Colin Montgomerie took …

Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00

Cullen named in Europe team

Reigning Irish Amateur Open champion Gary Cullen faces a busy schedule over the coming months

Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00

Farrell the Na Fianna inspiration

Pearse Park yesterday was no place for fancy footwork, frills or flair

Mon Feb 21 2000 - 00:00

Arriving by hearse to the wedding

Doesn't it always seem that something unexpected, almost illicit, tastes so much better? So it was on Saturday afternoon

Mon Feb 21 2000 - 00:00

All in for event of Millennium

The GUI will stage a once-off club competition this year which it estimates will be the biggest ever amateur golf event in this…

Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00

Amateurs to face drug testing

Time was when golf was purely a game of honour

Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00

Derry hurling set for historic debut

They may not be planning fireworks or a carnival to mark the occasion, but Derry's debut in Division One hurling - against Waterford…

Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00

Moffatt stays patient

Crossmolina's Liam Moffatt could do with a break, of the right kind, for a change

Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00

Codd slips out of Wexford set-up

Wexford head into the new National Hurling League campaign, starting on Sunday, without last year's captain Paul Codd

Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00

Rafferty makes his return in Portugal

Over 20 months ago, on June 7th, 1998, Ronan Patrick Rafferty rolled in what was to be his last competitive putt on the PGA European…

Tue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00

Carr attack splutters to a halt

Gay Sheerin had a look of devilment in his eyes

Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00

GAC set to rule on Carr's suspension

Former football All Star Ross Carr, who was sent off last November in Down's final league match before the two-month winter break…

Wed Feb 09 2000 - 00:00

Harrington battles to cure his ills

Apart from pure monetary terms, Padraig Harrington's early season odyssey to the other side of the globe has proven to be a fruitless…

Wed Feb 09 2000 - 00:00

O Cinneide a key figure

The link is a tenuous one, given the different lifestyles of the superstar professional golfer and that of your average amateur…

Wed Feb 09 2000 - 00:00

Slick to watch, sickening to hear

The time has surely come for the terrestrial channels to put up some sort of shield to fend off the self-styled celestial body…

Mon Feb 07 2000 - 00:00

Kelly under scrutiny at Birr

Joachim Kelly, so often a hero in an Offaly hurling jersey, is likely to be under great scrutiny in his off-the-pitch managerial…

Thu Feb 03 2000 - 00:00

Lehman inspired by the Tiger

The man inspired by the tiger aims to halt a little history in California this week

Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00

It was short and sweet, thank God

It's all over, thanks be to God

Mon Jan 31 2000 - 00:00

Harrington tees-off

Padraig Harrington has chosen a globe-trotting route for the early part of his 2000 itinerary

Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00

Fabulous Baker boys hit right notes

One legacy of the so-called Jack Charlton years in Irish soccer is that the call to play in England, with the rest of the world…

Mon Jan 24 2000 - 00:00

GAA awaits changes before deleting Rule 21

The GAA last night reiterated its commitment to lifting the membership ban on members of the British security forces - Rule 21…

Thu Jan 20 2000 - 00:00

Flanagan gets Westmeath start

These days, the so-called "big guns" of the GAA world may be chiefly concerned with the amount of sun block to use as they savour…

Thu Jan 20 2000 - 00:00

Hooters Tour place for Coughlan

Richard Coughlan has escaped from his professional limbo

Tue Jan 18 2000 - 00:00

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Sadly, even Nick Hancock's childish pranks would have been a welcome diversion to some of what passed for sporting entertainment…

Mon Jan 17 2000 - 00:00

Clarke delays season start

Darren Clarke has decided to delay his start to the season until the end of January when he will compete in the Dimension Data…

Tue Jan 11 2000 - 00:00

Maracana no match for Thomond

Sports stadia come in many different guises

Mon Jan 10 2000 - 00:00

Nolan is ready for challenge

The time for his destiny is closing in, but Keith Nolan has no fears

Tue Jan 04 2000 - 00:00

Standing on the oche of a new millennium

The Scots effectively have a two-team league of their own, but what an impact they have made on the English game

Mon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00

Rule changes will help speed up play

Out with the old, and in with the new? Not quite, but come Saturday - January 1st, 2000 - golfers everywhere, and that includes…

Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:00

Climbing to glory in the Alps

He remembers it like it was yesterday

Mon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00

Bucketing down with passion

Her indoors thought they were mad, but then she doesn't really know what rugby means to Munster people

Mon Dec 20 1999 - 00:00

McGeeney shines brightest

If the gods aren't willing to intervene, then it is best not to rely on them at all.

Mon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00

Star quality lifts Na Fianna to title

On Friday night Kieran McGeeney collected his first All Star award

Mon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00
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